Sokari to join U-20 camp after Eagles’ friendlies

Super Eagles midfielder, Kingsley Sokari will team up with his colleagues in the Flying Eagles after the two international friendlies. Then he would be joining the senior national team next month in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Sokari was one of the star performers of the Enyimba FC that won the Federation Cup for the second straight year and also placed second in the premier league last season

The entertaining midfielder’s impeccable performances have attracted the eagle eyes of the Eagles handlers who have called him up for the country’s games since the home based game against the Black Meteors of Ghana where he shone like a million stars.

Sokari has another opportunity to add to his caps for the Eagles having been invited among 24 home lads that would be reporting to camp over the weekend in Abuja for the build up to the ties with Cote d’ Ivoire and Mali in the UAE next month.

The Port Harcourt raised youngster has also received another call up to the Flying Eagles who are preparing for the African Youth Championship (AYC) slated for Senegal in March next year and the Enyimba player has expressed his willingness to represent his fatherland in the U-20 colours too.

But in an exclusive chat with SportingLife, Sokari revealed that he would dash to Kaduna, the venue of the Flying Eagles’ training immediately he comes back from the trip with the Super Eagles. He expressed delight at his return to full match fitness after his battle with hamstring injuries recently adding that he is raring to go.

Sokari added: “I am happy that I have been invited to the Flying Eagles too because it is an honour to be called upon by one’s country. But, I have intimated the coaches of the U-20 team of the Super Eagles’ assignment that is coming up in the United Arab Emirates next month. I will resume with the Flying Eagles immediately we return from the UAE.”

The Super Eagles’ camp will open on Sunday in Abuja for the double header friendlies while the U-20 national team players are scheduled to hit camp in Kaduna a day earlier.